This blog post regarding the theme around the maternity services on RTE Liveline this week was sent to the MAI from a Midwife who wishes to remain anonymous. We suspect many midwives around the country are feeling similarly listening to the radio this week. I am in such pain following the Liveline coverage of women’s’ … Read more“I will keep trying” – A Midwife Responds

Midwives Association of Ireland Position Statement A response to the calls to the RTE Liveline program over the last week (April 2019) by women and their families in respect of their experiences of the maternity services in Ireland. The Midwives Association of Ireland (MAI) welcome the important conversation that has arisen as a result of … Read moreMAI Response to Liveline Discussion of Maternity Services

Please be advised that the next AGM is to be held on Saturday March 30, 2019 at the Springfield Hotel in Leixlip at 10am. Agenda below. Agenda can be downloaded here. To confirm your attendance, please grab your free ticket here. Several committee positions will be up for nomination. These positions are: Chair, Treasurer and … Read more2019 MAI AGM

The INMO is holding a national meeting about the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018, with specific regard to services relating to the termination of pregnancy. It is crucial that MAI members who are in the INMO make every effort to attend. We must see that pro-choice midwives and student midwives are represented, and ensure … Read moreINMO Member Action

The MAI – together with Midwives for Choice – have submitted a position statement to the Joint Oireachtas Health Committee on the Termination of Pregnancy Bill on October 25th. The statement can be downloaded here.

Facilitated by Patricia Hughes, the Midwives Association of Ireland presents an opportunity for midwives and student midwives to discuss their profession; its future direction, how to foster a unified voice on key issues, and the provision of evidence-based maternity services in Ireland.

Join us for this intimate morning with colleagues and future colleagues. Tickets are free, but limited. Please cancel your booking if you cannot attend so as to free up space for someone who can. Event is for registered NMBI midwives and student midwives only.

At the time of Savita Halappanavar’s death in 2012, then Minister for Health James Reilly declared that despite the tragedy, our maternity services were amongst ‘the best and safest’ in the world. When the HIQA report on the issues surrounding Savita’s death was issued in 2013, the Minister said the report was ‘very disturbing’ and that our maternity services needed a new national plan which would be pursued ‘with urgency’.

Statement from The Irish Midwives Association on the lifting of In-Camera status in the case of Mother B vs HSE heard in the High Court, Dublin on 30th September 2016

The Irish Midwives Association fully supports the right of all pregnant people to informed consent, informed refusal and full bodily autonomy.

Dublin, November 2, 2016: The Irish Midwives Association (IMA) were deeply concerned to learn of the case of Mother B vs HSE, in which the HSE attempted to force a woman to have a caesarean section against her will. The IMA welcomes Justice Michael Twomey’s ruling that a forced surgical procedure would constitute a “grievous assault.” The IMA further support his ruling to lift the in-camera status as requested by the mother and are concerned that the HSE objected to her waiving anonymity.